New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 20, 1924, Page 15

32.00 GOLD PIEGEY PASS INTO HISTORY carcity Reported by Oiclals 0| g care Local Banks The $3.50 gold plece has almost {sappeared from circulation accord- ng to reports from local banks, and o scarce has this coin, popular only furing the Christmas season, become hat premiums are being offered for hem and some are reputed to have old for trom $2.64 to $2.80 each ithin the past few weeks. In the Commercial Trust Co., & gn says, “Do not ask for $2.60 gold pieces,”” the explanation being made hat the bank is entirely out of them [The New Britaln Natlonal bank re- ports a few on hand and impossible | o get any more, The New Britaln I'rust Co.,, managed to recelve $60 orth from the feddral reserve bank is year and when this supply is xhaustad there will be no more. The savings Bank of New Britain had six of these coins yesterday and his morning there were only two eft. While no premium has been sked In New Britain, today's report ows that New York banks are get- ing a premium of 80 cants, selling he colus for $2.80 each. The government stopped making hese coins and it s reported that hey are being called in. “Cartwheels” Arrive The New Britaln National bank oday received a large conslgnment of pew 1924 ellver dollars, which the evernemnt s trying to put into cir- ulation. An effort {s being made by treasury officfals to have the people,. especially in the east, use nore silver dollars than paper. The lite of a sliver dollar s about 20 ears, it |a sald, while the paper dollar lasts gn an average of only six | 4 Imontks, It costs 314 cents a year to ake & paper dollar. ‘The =ilver dollars are used freely {n the west but in the east they have not been o popular, One banker who went out shopping with sliver dollars within the past two days reports hat in a Hartford store a girl thought it was a half dollar while in a New Britaln store a ealesgirl called a cash girl to ascertain value, The governmant has colned 40, 000,000 of the new dollars; 10,000, 000 of them will go to the Phillppine Islands and the balance in this [eountry. The New Britain National Bank is the first one to receive a | supply in this city and has about | 2,000 of them on hand, which wil be rut into cireulation gradually. ‘The banks report sufficient $10 and $20 goldpleces on hand, RS, POST SHOWERED The girls of the Stanlev Rule & Level Co., office force and the pack- ing denartment tendered a shower to | Mrs. Minnle Post last evewing and | presented her with a beautiful lus- | tre ware tea set and a pleture. A delightful luncheon was served. Mrs. Post will hecome the bride of Henry Hatsing on December 23, BANK REPORTS New York, Dec. 20.—The actual eondition of clearing house banks | and Arust companles for the week shows a deficit in reserve of $15,- This is a decrease of $36,% A Membership fine gift to one of the family this year. Have you ever considered them to receive a Booklet, already started, which its | 45, | NEW BRIT STAY ALOOF FRON CHARTER DEBATES Alling and Rackliffe Have Not; Attended Single Sesslon Judge B. W. Alling and F, O. Rackllffe, representatives-elect, have not attendod a single session of tho | charter revision committee‘of which they are members by virtue of thelr clection to the general assembly. The committee has been meeting re- ularly for about a month, \ In municipal elreles thelr continu- ed absence from committee meotings is regarded as significant. Judge | Alling two years ago declined to take an active part in the discussion or place himself on record on sevefal matters before the committee, ex- splaining that he would express him- self when the proposed amendments reached the legislature, He dlid, however, attend a greater number of the meetings. As members of the leglslature, Messrs, Alling and Rackliffe will bo privileged to vote on the charter amendments when they are submit- ted for adoption in the assembly and ' introduce such additional amend. ments as they desire to see enacted in the city's laws. EPIDEMIC CLOSES SUNDAY_SCHOOLS (Continued From First Page) s are being distribut- ed in the factories in cases where employes are absent in order that any possible case of the discase may be tabulated, Toward this end, phy- siclans of the city and other assist- ants have been assigned to the dif- ferent plants to keep track of this work, With the closing of the this move was made necessary by the health board as the schools proved a valuable means of locating cuses, because there has*been a dis- | position on the part of some familles |to conceal the fact that the malady had entered their homes. This at- titude has hindered the efforts of | the health officer and every means is belng undertaken to make sure that {the slightest suspect shall be thor- oughly invsctigated and if necessary quarantined, In discussing the eoncealment teature of the situation, Dr. Wols- ard said this morning that people, | knowing of suspiclous illness in thelir neighborhoods, should report. The Information, while being held strict- 1y confidential as to its source, will' |assist the health officer in restrict- iug the spread of the epidemic as segregation of the famlly means fewer contracts, GOLD WAVE TOLL REACHES SCORE (Continued Fiom First Page) &chools, [ |Greenwich Burglar Held | In Bonds Fixed at $5,000 Greenwich, Dec. 20.—Adolph Pel- cel, alias Frank Shultz of Fourth street and Bowery, New York, was \hmmd over to the next term of the ! |superior court by Judge James R.| |Mead in the borough court this | morning on a charge of burglary. | Bail was fixed at $5,000, one In| Pelcel gained entrance to the \home of Carl C. Lund, of Stanwich | (road on Thursday and was discover- | ed by Mrs. Lund who was in a house nearby and could see someone walk- |ing around in her house. She sum- | - | moned assistance and the man was Buffalo, N. Y flulfalo‘found hiding under a table with and western New York remained ice | jewelry and silverware {n his pock- coated today with little hope held ets, He was held by Mrs. Lund's | out by weather authorities that the funcle, and her father and brother cold sheating would depart for sev-| un'll the police came. eral days. Cessation of raln, with the | Pelcel, has served time in Sing | addition of dry snow flurrias, had|Sing and Dahnemora prisons from | roughened the surface of 6treets and Richmond county and New York for highwaye, however, and traffic was similar offenses. less handicapphd. The lowest temperature reached | in Buttalo last night was 11 degrees| Rohinson of Dodgers | | above zero ) | Under Surgeon’s Knife | [ = | Baltimore, Dec. 20.—Wilbert Rob- Prosecutor Demands Wet |tnson, manager of the Brookiyn Na |tlonal league baseball club, under- I\Ieccas Be BrOken I n went an operation at Union memor- Waterbury, Dec. 20.—Stating 10 {a1 hospital today to relleve a con- | city court this morning that there gition resulting from pleurisy, which was an “endless chain of Mecccas” in | developed during a hunting trip in this city, engaged in alleged liquor Gegrgla more than a month ago. business, Prosccufing Atforney James The operation was described as not Peasley asked that the chain be of 5 gerious nature, it being per- broken up. The attorney stated that | foymed for the purpose of dralning as soon as one Mecca was arrested |ujd which had gathered in ths | on a charge of violation of the liquor | {daw, another Mecca took possession | s general cohdition [ { of the store, and thus these alleged noynced “quite satisfactory” by hos- | | violators always have only ene con- | piial aythorities, | [ viction of alleged lauor law viola- | | tlons charged against them. Dom- | i Meaca i WeateMaln R atrect)| CALLS ON PRESIDENT and Willlam Mecca, 313 Bank street | Washlngton, Dec. 20.—Governor | both charged with four counts of Pinchot of Pennsylvania who came | vielation of tme liquor law made ap- to Washington yesterday to speak at | pearances in court today, pleaded the dinner of the Penpsylvania so- ‘gu\\'v and were ordered to®get out ciety, had an engagement today “m” | of business by the 20th. | President Coolldge. south thu! have not seen zing temperatures are expect- ed tonight as far south as northern Flortda and tomorrow night as far as centar! Florida. pleural cavity. was pro- in cur Christmas Club will make a what a pleasure it would be for they could continue all the year, and then have a fine Xmas check coming to them next December? Think this over and then take out a Booklet to- nig| We will open ‘for your convenience Tonight Monday Tuesday nights—from 7 to 9 » New Britain Trust Co. AIN City Items Miss Robina Blalr, dsughter of Mr. and Mrs John R Blair of Hart street, has returned from Miss Mills' school for the Christmas holidays Phoenix Temple of Hagor will bave a Christmas party at the meet. Ing place In the O, U, A, M, Monday evening at §*o'clock. {reshments will be served. A daughter was born early this morning at the New Britain general | Re- hoapital to Mr. and Mra. Frank Gai- \ upl of 82 M Mre. \(Iry Ragula of 133 Beaver street, who was taken to the New Britain general hospital yesterday with severe burns caused by the ex- plosion of benzine, was reported as resting falrly comfortably this aft- | ernoon. street, Missing Gloucester Woman Believed in Binghamton Binghamton, N, Y, Dec. 20,—De- tectives from Gloucester, Mass, were today searching here for Mrs. Lucy D. O'Keefen who s wanted for theft of $2.600 from the office of the Gloucester water department where she was employed until recently. |The officers sald they had informa- tlon that the woman's husband had driven her by automoblle to this city. Wants Other Powers to State Their Objections Washington, Dee. 20.—The state department would be called upon under a resolution introduced to- day by Representative Britten, 11)i- |nois to inform the house what ob- jection any foreign government may have to the possible increase in the clevation of turret guns on Amerl- can battleships. Deaths Wall Street Bnefs New York, Dec, 20,.—R. Hoe & Co. has declared an Initlal quarterly dividend of $1 a share on the class A stock payable January 16 to holders of record January 2. Plig Iron prices in the south have been advanced 50 cents a ton to a maximum of $22.60. Continental Can Co. has gqrdered 50,000 tons of tinplate from the American Sheet & Tinplate Co., sub- sldlary of the U, 8. Steel Corpora- W)u for dellvery in the first half of The contract involves about 0,000, The International Utilitles Cor- ration has acquired the Canadlan Utliities Co., which was formed some time ago for the development Canadian natural resources. Inter- national Utl)ities recently announced the acquisition of Southwestern Utilities Corporation, Kentucky Se- s Corporation and the Buffalo [ Reading €o. has ordered 30 loco- motives valued at approximately $1,- 750,000 from Baldwin Locomotive Works, Gross earnings of Citles Service Co. for the 12 months ended No- vember 30 were 317,368,001 com- pared with $16,591,577 {n the previ- ous corresponding perfod. Net earn- ings amounted to $16,704,044 against $16,074,609. Balace of $09,607,682 after preferred dividends is equiva- lent to $20.85 a share on the aver- age amount of common stock out- standing compared with $8,473,792 |or $18.25 a share thé year before. Kansas City Southern Railway.re- ports November balance of $435,247 after charges, in contrast to $165,535 in November last year. For the 11 months this year the total of $4,- {266,863 was about $21,000 less than ~|in the corresponding period of 1923. Clifford Hinghlifre Ciifford Hinchliffe, montha old son of Mr. and Mrs. Fdward Hinchliffe, died at the home of his parents, 12 Ash street about 12 o'clock last night. Death was dne to pneumonia. Besides his paren the ften he leaves two brothers, John, age 7 years, and Ed- | |ward, age b years. I The funeral will be held Monday morning at 10:30. be in Interment will St. Mary's cemetery. Flizabeth Reynokds | Elizabeth Reynolds dled this morn- | |ing in Middletown. will be held Monday 8:80 from J. M, Curtin & company's undertaking rooms and at 10 o'clock | {from St. Mary’s ¢hurch. TInterment will be in Bt. Mary's cemetery. The funeral Bollerer's Posy Shop 72 CHURCH STREET XMAS GIFT SUGGESTIONS Artistic Arrangements of Poinsettlas, Begonias, Cherry Trees, Cyclamens, Ferns and Green Plants. Bulh Bowls Pottery Gold Fish and Accessories Mistletoe Wreaths Made to Order. Holly. Don’'t forget onr Florists’ Tele- graph Service—anywhere in the world. s s e i ean e i i e —— e Joseph A, Haffey Faneral Director. Phone 1625-2. opposite St. Mary's Charch. Residence, 17 Summer St.—1625-3. morning at | Cosden & Co., has brought in three wells in the Cromwell Pool, Oklahoma, with combined daily pro- duetion of 4,500 barrels. The Tulsa Refinery has been operating at a daily average of 35,000 Jarrels, a gain of 5,000 barrels daily over No- vember. Commercial failures in the United | States this week totgl 496, an in- crease of 51 over the week beforo and 55 more than the correspond- | Ing week of 1923, R. G. Dun & Co |Leaves Court Sober But Is Back Soon Drunk In less than two hours after he ]lnl left the police court with a sus- pended 15-day jail sentence for | Grunkenncss, Deanla Melnerney of | East Berlin had huntad up another drink, had been rearrested, and was lhack at the station again. first taken in last night, having been I'street between West Main and th s rallroad croesing. Judge Willlam Hungerford sentenced him to § morning, but euspended ex | providing MelInerney go back to East | Berlin and resume work tion of | DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1924 WALL ST REPORTS I New York, Dec. 20,—~Heavy prulw; { taking and bear selling of a few speclal issues imparted some irregu- larity to price movements in today's stock market, but the main trend | was still upward. Buying was in- fluenced by rising commodity prices and the favorable tenor of the week- |1y mercantile reviews. American foreign power Issues were actively bought, each rising § points. Phila- delphla & Reading Coal & Iron rose 3 5-8 on reports, later official nied, that the I National bank had acquired the Baltimore & Ohio | rallroad’s rights in that stock, Am- erican Locomotive, Puilman, Atlan- {tic Coast line and Gulf, Moblle Northern preferred sold & ‘or polnts higher, Sales approximated ly de irst more | closing was firm 750,000 shares. | High Low Close | Salli is Chalmers 71 0% Am Can Am Loco Am Smelting Am Sugar | Am Tel & Te 131% | Am Woolen .. 6 668 } Anaconda 3 Atchison . At G & W Ind tald Loco ... Balt & Ohlo . Beth Steel ... Bosch Mag .. | Central Leath Can Pacific .. pChes & Ohio . M & St Paul 161 { & 8t P pfd 2 C R 1 & Pacific 46 Chile Copper Colo Fuel “on Textile orn Prod R Cru Steel .... Cuba Cane Sug 123 Cosde 26y Dav C Erie i Erie 1st pfd Gen Electric Gen Moters .. Gt North pfd . Insp Copper . Int Nickel Int Paper v Spring Ken Copper Lehigh Valley . 7 Marine . = Marine ptd ... Mid States Oil Mis.Pac pfd .. T Nat Lead New Ha Nor & Western 120% North Pacific . Pacific Ol Fan Americ | Penn Rai Phila & Rea Coal & Tren . Arrow Ke | Pierce Pure Rep Iror £ i ] He was s Southern Pac .103% | found lying In the gutter on Curtis il this |1 Trans O nion Pacis | | McInerney left the police station |{ |at 9 afterward a te ceiv | was | street. | tigated phone call was re- 1 saying that a drunken man lying {n the gutter on Officer George Moffitt {nves- and found MecInerr | sprawled {n the eame place as h had been last night and at 11:15 o'rlock Mclnerney was back in 1 i cell to meditate upon | of mistory. {Armed Youth Robs Woman In Waterbury of $20 | Waterbury, Dec, 20.—Members of {the pol here were this morn searching for a youthful bandit w entered the store of Mrs. Fann Cooper, 14 Lafayette street, at 7 o'clock this morning and, aided by | a revolver, compelled the woman to give him $20 that was in the cash | register. A description of tk outh was furnished to the police 9:30 o'clock this mrorning. Shortly | Curtis | repetitions |’y ymobil tford Fire National Fire Phoenix Fir Travelers 1r A Real Christmas Present To The Kiddies— Auto Drivers Tld")p(‘d A Savings Pass Boock with a few Dollars already deposited, ready for the joy of Christmas Morning— could you think of a more lasting or a more pleasing gift, and at the same time one which would better stimulate the habit of saving in your children? Try it this Christmas. Burritt Mutual -Savings Bank | OPEN TONIGHT —Also Monday and Tuesday Nights from 7 to 9 for Your Convenience ¢ Hartford Conn.Trust Bldg. PUTNAM & CO. MMEMDERS NEW YORK & HARTIORD STOCH EXCHANGES 31 WEST MAIN ST NEW BRITAIN~ Tel. 2040 HARTFORD OFFICE € CENTRAL Row TEL 2-u4 We Offer— 100 AMERICAN HARDWARE 100 FORRINGTO 100 LOLTS JUDD & COMPANY Members New York Stock Exchange Members Hartford Stock Exchange New Britain—Burritt Hotel Bldg., Tel. 1815 Judd Building, Pearl St., corner of Lewis, Hartford, Conn. We recommend and offer: Actna Life Insurance Compan oot Company Stocks Prices on application jor Gfl?hnmznn 1fienn & Co. Burrnt Hotel Bldg.,, New Britain Tel. 2580 MEMBERS NEW YORE AND HARTFORD STOCK EXCHANGES Donald R. Hart, Mgr. WE OFFER 100 SHARES YALE & TOWNE We Do Not Accept Margin Accounts " EDDY BROTHERS & @ HARTFORD NEW BRITAIN Burritt Hote! Bldg. Tel.2:7186 Tel. 3420 We offer: 50, shares Torrington Co. 50 shares Yale & Towne Foreign Exchange S — New York, Dec. 20. ~Foreign ex- changes steady. Quotations in cents: fnu\ Britaln, demand 470 3- 4, ca- )l 471, 60-day bills on banks 467; nce, demand 5.39, cables 5.39 1-2; Iy, demand 4.27 1-2, cables 4.28: Belgium, demand 4.97 142, cables 4.08; Germany, demand 13.81; Hol- and, demand 40.36; Norway, de- mand 15.12; Sweden, demand 26.94; | Denmarlk, demand ; Ewllzer- 34 3014 W nru pfd Grefl‘" demand IS.. and 190.14; Czecho-Slo- demand 3.03 1-2; Jugoslavia, 50; Austria, demand .0014 51 3-4; Ar- : Brazll, de- ; TR \\lln\ kio, demand 38 1.2; ARINGS AND BALAN Waterbury Has Another € lune:e Tong War Scare 'y Dec. 20.—Another ong war “scare” was re- n this eity this morning when phone call was received at e headquarters, from the New n pe t that & man reported to the lice that he had seen en, in a sedan, travel- on of Waterbury, Bet\\ een Elm St. Gates Dyson of 54 Mair ce to Howland h telphone call at 6:40 o’clock liam Pollard of the signed to the inese have not yet @ three hours. ed here W Mad Dog Scare Report From the East Side phone call wae received this lics headquarters say- © was a dog on Wileon napping at passersby T t th the animal BOND ISSUE A te n 1ght was WANT NEW l'l”“” NT Tt whils iater 9,1 SIMPLE FUNFRAIL Dec SERVICE ~A simple fu. L. Billard at his home the Rev, Dr. e First Congre- ting Jusiness ployes act- Burial was John ainent men from